Chapter 11 of Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!" "Stand by the life boats!" "Let go! Pull hearty!" These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
Chapter 11 of Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “"Stand by the life boats!"”
plural of “command” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.”
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading “AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “Pull hearty!"”
having a crew
From this reading “These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.”
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading “These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.”
cause to run in panic
From this reading “AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Stand by the life boats!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Stand by the life boats!"
plural of “command” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
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From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Let go!
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading Pull hearty!"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let go!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Stand by the life boats!"
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"
having a crew
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Pull hearty!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
free from harm or evil
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
cause to run in panic
From this reading AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE "Lower away!"
be standing; be upright
From this reading "Stand by the life boats!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Stand by the life boats!"
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading These and other commands marked the beginning of the rescue, as the sailors manned the davit-falls, and put the boats into the water.
Chapter 11 of Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 11 holds 112 sentences of Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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